Yogic Stress Management Therapy - The Yoga Retreat Within

One successful method for stress management is taking a vacation. It has recently become popular to take a vacation at a Yoga retreat. The money spent, at one of these holiday resorts, could save your sanity, your relationships, and your life. The constant ringing of phones, beeping from electronic gadgets, answering of Email, deadlines, and commuter traffic to work, are all left behind.

You might find a Yoga retreat where you see breathtaking views, read a good book, inhale fresh air, and eat sensibly. Many people bring a journal to write ideas down. In this atmosphere, you will think differently, and you may be empowered to make a permanent positive change. Every major lifestyle change starts with just one idea. These ideas rarely come to us, unless we have time for self-reflection.

What can you do if a Yoga retreat is out of the question? For example: Your employer demands that you be in work 51 weeks a year and questions any time off. Maybe you have a job where you are "on call" 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. Sorry to say, that job may be a major part of your daily stress.

With a job like that, you cannot go anywhere for peace and quiet. Yoga studios, ashrams, churches, mosques, temples, and retreats, of any kind, usually have policies for noisy cell phones. Everyone else wants a break from them too.

Now, if you are going to pay for one stay at a Yoga retreat, over the next 10 years, this does not sound like a wise financial decision. You may want to consider joining a local Yoga studio for affordable classes. From these classes, you will establish a regular Yoga practice at home.

Once you make time for personal practice, you will find solitude within. In fact, discovering the "Yoga retreat within you," will enable you to keep stress under control.

© Copyright 2007 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of Yoga Teacher Training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. riyoga.com riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive a Free Yoga e-Book: "Yoga in Practice," and a Free Yoga Newsletter, please visit: yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html